CVE-2021-23191

moderate-risk
Published 2022-03-02

A security issue was found in htmldoc v1.9.12 and before. A NULL pointer dereference in the function image_load_jpeg() in image.cxx may result in denial of service.

Do I need to act?

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0.16% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.8/10 High
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Htmldoc Project

References (8)

Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1967022
Patch https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/commit/369b2ea1fd0d0537ba707f20a2f047b6...
Exploit https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/issues/415
Third Party Advisory https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-23191
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1967022
Patch https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/commit/369b2ea1fd0d0537ba707f20a2f047b6...
Exploit https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/issues/415
Third Party Advisory https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-23191
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal